patient

patient
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ AIDS, cancer, cardiac, diabetic, heart, etc.
▪ surgical, transplant
▪

developments that will help surgical patients recover more quickly

▪ mental, psychiatric
▪ depressed, mentally ill
▪ seriously ill, severely ill, terminally ill
▪ high-risk (esp. AmE), vulnerable (esp. BrE)
▪ hospital
▪ private (esp. BrE)
▪

He only takes private patients.

▪ elderly, older
▪ adult, child
▪ paediatric/pediatric
VERB + PATIENT
▪ assess, examine, see, treat
▪

She sees an average of 35 patients every day.

▪ admit
▪

The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday.

▪ discharge
▪

patients waiting to be discharged from hospital

▪ refer (to sb/sth), transfer (to sth)
PATIENT + VERB
▪ develop sth, have sth, suffer from sth
▪

The patient has a severe heart condition.

▪ suffer sth
▪

patients who have suffered a heart attack

▪ be diagnosed with sth
▪

The patient was first diagnosed with malaria.

▪ present with sth
▪

Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed.

▪ respond (to sth)
▪

These patients are responding well to the new drug.

▪ improve
▪ receive sth, undergo sth
▪

Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection.

PATIENT + NOUN
▪ care
PREPOSITION
▪ patient with
▪

patients with liver disease

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adj.
VERBS
▪ be, sound
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ incredibly
▪ endlessly (esp. BrE), infinitely
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

She's been extremely patient about it all.

▪ with
▪

He was endlessly patient with the children.


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  • Patient(in) — Patient(in) …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • patient — patient, iente [ pasjɑ̃, jɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1120; lat. patiens, patientis I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui a de la patience (I, 1o), fait preuve de patience. « Mais le Vieux, qui n était pas patient, cria : Enfin, fous moi donc la paix ! » (Ch. L. Philippe).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • patient — patient, ente (pa si an, an t ) adj. 1°   Terme didactique. Qui souffre, reçoit l impression d un agent. •   Dans les passions comme nous les considérons, l âme est patiente, et elle ne préside pas aux dispositions du corps, mais elle y sert,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • patient — Patient, [pati]ente. adj. Qui reçoit l impression d un agent physique. En ce sens il est renfermé dans le dogmatique. Tous les estres à l égard les uns des autres sont agents ou patiens. Il sign. aussi, Qui souffre les adversitez, les injures,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Patient — Pa tient, n. 1. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. [1913 Webster] Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Patient — Pa tient (p[=a] shent), a. [F., fr. L. patiens, entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. {Pathos}, {Passion}.] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. [1913 Webster] Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Patient 13 — jeu de rôle Auteur Anthony Combrexelle Illustrateurs Anthony Combrexelle Willy Favre Matthias Haddad Éditeur John Doe Date de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • patient — [pā′shənt] adj. [ME pacient < OFr < L patiens, patient, prp. of pati: see PASSION] 1. bearing or enduring pain, trouble, etc. without complaining or losing self control 2. refusing to be provoked or angered, as by an insult; forbearing;… …   English World dictionary

  • patient — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (40A) The term patient means any individual who obtains or receives services from a health care business. (40B) The term patient records means any written document relating to a patient or a record recorded in a …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • Patient — Sm std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Übernommen aus l. patiēns ( entis) duldend, leidend , dem PPräs. von l. patī (passus sum) erdulden, hinnehmen, sich in einer Stimmung befinden .    Ebenso nndl. patiənt, ne. patient, nfrz. patient, nschw. patient,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Patient — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Auch: • Patientin Bsp.: • Er ist Patient im Allgemeinen Krankenhaus. • Ich war der einzige Patient im Wartezimmer …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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